Category: Salvation

An Example of Judging Hastily

Many years ago, while working with a local church, there was man who occasionally attended Sunday services with his wife and son, who were faithful members of the congregation. I will call him Mr. XL. I’d had a few very…

Our Security in Christ

In our Grace – Obedience – Fellowship discussions, we are often told that without those in Christ being continuously cleansed of sin (even as they sin) we can have no real sense of security in Him. It goes something like…

A Man’s Works Burned While He Is Saved

“If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.” (1 Corinthians 3:15). This verse is sometimes taken out of context to support the “once saved always saved”…

A New Kind of Self-abasement

In the second chapter of Colossians, the Apostle Paul twice refers to those who had a “voluntary” (KJV) or a “false” (NKJV) humility. The NASV and ESV, respectively, translate it “self-abasement” and “asceticism.” He, most likely, was referring to the…

Spiritual Tunnel Vision

Peter warns that those who lack the “Christian Graces” of 2 Peter 1 are “blind and cannot see afar off.” (Verse. 9). The phrase “cannot see afar off” is from the Gr. muopazo, from which we get the medical…